Vanderpump Rules Stars React to Show Revamp

Katie Maloney and more react to VPR Season 12 recast
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As Us is getting ready for a brand new version of Vanderpump rules in 2025 – so does the OG cast.

Bravo confirmed on Tuesday, Nov. 26, that the show will return for a 12th season with an all-new cast.

The coming season offers Lisa Vanderpump and a fresh batch of “tight SUR verses that are as intricately entangled with each other as their iconic predecessors.” The new season will begin production in 2025, with a premiere date and cast to be announced.

“What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” executive producer Alex Baskin said in a statement Tuesday. “With great appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for audiences to watch a dynamic new group of colleagues and friends make their way through life together.”

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After the news was announced, several cast members from previous seasons spoke out on social media and reflected on their experience filming the reality show. Keep reading to see what Katie Maloney, Lala Kent and several stars had to say:

Katie Maloney

Katie Maloney and more react to VPR Season 12 recast

Katie Maloney. Charles Sykes/Bravo

“It’s a mixed bag. But I wouldn’t change a thing,” Maloney, 37, shared via her Instagram story. “Thanks for the memories and love these past 11 years.”

The Something About Her co-founder also shared a throwback photo of himself wearing a SUR uniform while Dena Deadly’s “Raise Your Glass” played in the background.

Ariana Madix

Katie Maloney and more react to VPR Season 12 recast

Ariana Madix. Charles Sykes/Bravo

Vanderpump rulesyou will forever be that girl I was up until 4 a.m. looking for all the right pictures and the right words, but there is no post or caption that could ever encapsulate everything,” Madix, 39, shared via Instagram. “I am eternally grateful to have been a part of such an incredible cultural phenomenon.”

While thanking everyone working behind the scenes, Madix asked the crew to stay in touch and “just text me” as they move forward on a new chapter.

“Thanks especially to the fans. you’ve been the constant for the past decade. Your love and support is what I’ll miss the most as it ends. You made this show what it is. To those fans, that have appeared to us, old and new, it’s all because of you that we’re here.I feel at peace with ending this chapter and I’m excited for everything to come.I don’t know , that those were the best days of our lives, but they were definitely something special .”

Lala Kent

Katie Maloney and more react to VPR Season 12 recast

Lala Kent. Charles Sykes/Bravo

After joining the show in season 4, which began airing in 2015, Kent, 34, couldn’t help but share some of his “mixed feelings” about the news.

“Sur was a place that became home. I found myself not only sipping vodka sodas there, but behind a hostess stand. It is still to this day the scariest job I have ever had,” Kent wrote via Instagram. “A short time later, the opportunity to be on a show called Vanderpump rules landed in front of me. … It’s no secret that I don’t like change. This is the exception.”

Kent went on to thank everyone “for rocking with us for so many years. This show changed my whole life. I’m incredibly grateful for every moment. I’m incredibly grateful to Bravo, to NBCU, to our crew, the entire cast and most importantly you all. We rocked this bitch till the wheels fell off .”

Lisa Vanderpump

Katie Maloney and more react to VPR Season 12 recast

Lisa Vanderpump. Charles Sykes/Bravo

“The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between,” Vanderpump, 64, said in a statement. “I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all. In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation of Vanderpump rules.”

Andy Cohen

After years of hosting Vanderpump rules the cast for reunion and See what’s happening live Cohen, 56, paid tribute to the original cast online. “These were the best days of our lives…” he wrote via X while quoting lyrics from the show’s theme song.

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